Highlights the rare but potentially fatal presentation of aortic dissection as STEMI and demonstrates its management via a transradial approach.
Alerts clinicians to aortic dissection mimicking STEMI; extends limited case evidence on transradial access but leaves open prospective validation.
Aortic dissection is the most common fatal condition of the aorta, yet it is often missed on initial clinical presentation. Aortic dissection associated with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is relatively rare, but if it occurs, it can be diagnostically challenging, and the condition can be fatal. Here we describe a case of aortic dissection presenting as ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) managed via the transradial approach. We describe the current literature on the subject.
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